Performance of cardiac cadmium-zinc-telluride gamma camera imaging in coronary artery disease: a review from the cardiovascular committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)

• Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Vol. 43; no. 13; pp. 2423 - 2432
• Main Authors: Agostini, Denis, Marie, Pierre-Yves, Ben-Haim, Simona, Rouzet, François, Songy, Bernard, Giordano, Alessandro, Gimelli, Alessia, Hyafil, Fabien, Sciagrà, Roberto, Bucerius, Jan, Verberne, Hein J., Slart, Riemer H. J. A., Lindner, Oliver
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cadmium Compounds - radiation effects; Cardiac Imaging Techniques - instrumentation; Cardiology; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Europe; Evidence-Based Medicine; Gamma Rays; Humans; Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Orthopedics; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Exposure - analysis; Radiation Exposure - prevention & control; Radiology; Radionuclide Imaging - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Review Article; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tellurium - radiation effects; Zinc - radiation effects; CZT camera; Prognosis; Diagnosis; Perfusion; Coronary artery disease

The trade-off between resolution and count sensitivity dominates the performance of standard gamma cameras and dictates the need for relatively high doses of radioactivity of the used radiopharmaceuticals in order to limit image acquisition duration. The introduction of cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT)-...